Secrets for Secondary School Teachers (29 page)

Media centers,
16

Mentors,
157

choosing,
184

finding,
6

formal,
11

questions to ask first day,
4

recruiting,
xii

teachers’ childhood,
105

time management help,
89

MicroGrade,
79

Modeling behavior,
30
,
185
-
186

Multiple intelligences,
xiii
,
36
-
38
,
94

bodily-kinesthetic,
36
,
37

interpersonal,
36
,
37

intrapersonal,
36
,
37

learning activities and,
71

logical-mathematical,
36
,
37

musical-rhythmic,
36
,
37

naturalistic,
36
,
37

spatial-visual,
36
,
37

teacher support,
37

verbal-linguistic,
36
,
37

Mutual respect,
30

National Board for the Professional Teaching Standards,
xiv
,
188

Certification,
188

National PTA Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs,
xiv
,
118
-
119

National standards,
62

Networking,
xiii
,
6

informal,
163

lunchtime,
9
,
100

“No Child Left Behind,”
74

Norm-referenced tests,
xiii
,
76

reading ability and,
76

school accountability and,
76

Nurse,
23

Office, reports for,
77

Open-ended questions,
94
.
See also
Essential questions, formulating

Open House,
124
-
126

Orientation, new teacher,
4

Paired activity,
81

Papers, evaluating,
77

Paperwork,
77
-
87

attendance,
77
-
78

end-of-school year,
89
-
90

end-of-semester,
89
-
90

first weeks of school,
85

forms,
86
-
87

grades,
77
,
78
-
80

handling,
xiii

letters of recommendation,
90

planners/calendars,
85

reducing,
80
-
83

teacher’s mailbox,
83
-
85

See also
Paperwork, school

office

Paperwork, school office,
83
-
85

announcements,
84

end-of-semester,
89

forms,
84
,
85
,
86
-
87

information requests,
84

sales catalogues/letters,
84
-
85

telephone messages,
84

Paraprofessional educators,
161
-
162

getting to know,
161

open communication with,
162

school guidelines for,
162

Parental involvement, importance of,
xiv
,
118
-
119

academic,
118

cooperative behavior,
118

Parent conferences,
126
-
128

being prepared,
126

first impression,
126
-
127

formal,
126

informal,
126

notes,
127
-
128

procedure,
126
-
127

student-led,
126

Parent responses, reasons for limited,
129
-
130

cultural factors,
130

economic,
129

lack of transportation,
129

limited English proficiency,
129
-
130

limited phone access,
129

young/old dependents,
129

Parents:

conversing with about their children,
118

getting to know,
xiii

recruiting as allies,
130

See also
Parental involvement, importance of; Parent conferences; Parent responses, reasons for limited; Parents, building relationships with; Parents, contacting; Parents, ongoing contacts with

Parents, building relationships with,
119
-
121

attending children’s programs/activities,
120

e-mail,
119

general notes,
119

personal letters,
119

Parents, contacting,
121
-
124

being non-critical,
121

positive calls home,
123
-
124

sensitivity in,
121

telephone calls,
122

verbal attack responses,
121

Parents, ongoing contacts with,
128
-
129

class newsletter,
128

e-mail,
129

Internet,
129

photographs,
129

school newsletter,
128

signed papers,
128

telephone,
128

videos,
129

voicemail,
128
-
129

Peace Corps,
97

Performance assignments,
82

Personal date assistant (PDA),
85

Planning.
See
Lesson planning; Long-term planning; Unit planning

Principal,
3
,
4

Professional teaching organizations,
186
-
187

general,
187

specialized,
187

See also specific professional teaching organizations

Progress reports,
78
,
86

Project assignments,
82

Rapport: with students,
40

Reading, teaching,
74

Reflective learners,
36

teaching strategies,
36

Reflectivity,
36

Relationships with students,
40
.

See also
Students, connecting with

Resources, inventorying,
15
-
17

acoustics,
15

bulletin boards,
15

equipment,
15
,
16

flag,
15

furniture,
16

heating/air conditioning,
16

intercom,
15

telephone,
16

Respect,
53
,
144
-
145
.
See also
Mutual respect

Rewards for students,
98

Rubrics,
xiii
,
66
,
68
,
82

analytic,
xiii
,
68
,
69

holistic,
xiii
,
68
,
69

Rules, classroom,
4
-
5
,
51
-
52